Rants & Raves

CONCERNING “sheriff’s nephews arrested.” They’ll get off. They have connections. If it was me, they would lock me up and throw away the key. Read about their slap on the hand later.

I HAVE NOT SEEN anything about the breach in security at the Navy Yard. Surely someone has to be held accountable for letting a deranged person with a rifle into the facility? With proper security the shootings would not have occurred. The president jumps on the bandwagon of gun control instead of telling us what he is going to do about mental illness in this country.

GEORGIA TECH GETS a big ACC win over North Carolina and gets one small article in this paper. UGA gets a cupcake win over mighty North Texas and gets three articles, and two of those take up almost two complete pages. Does the inequality have to be so blatant with this paper? It really is getting old.

RAVES TO THE Rich­mond County Sheriff’s Office for the crackdown in Fairington/Town and Country neighborhoods on the speeders going through here. The speed limit is 25/20, and most people on Teakwood Drive run 45-plus mph. Keep up the good work.

THERE IS A leash law in Harlem; however, it does not appear to apply to the first lady of Harlem.

YOUR FRONT-PAGE story about a sickle cell GRU grant gave a lot of info, but did it ever tell us who provided the $8.8 million.

A QUOTE FROM MSNBC.com, “President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to ‘go back at it’ and pursue gun control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week put the spotlight back onto the problem of gun violence in the U.S.” Does anyone else see the irony in this? Both D.C. and Chicago have draconian gun control laws.

TO THE PERSON ranting about freeloaders and their “benefits” on Sept. 30: Realize that envy is one of the seven deadly sins. Perhaps those who feel these thoughts should be forced to walk in the other person’s shoes. I have. It’s not the ride you envision. I thank God for helping me through it, and I thank those kind enough to lend their hand.

PLACES SUCH AS Goodwill wonder why donations are down? You have so many people who keep saying they need handouts when there are already so many places giving those. Then you also see folks panhandling and getting gobs of money from maybe several people.

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Once it was learned there was NO AR-15, the guy used a Bidden Safe Shotgun to take a guards pistol and ammo, CNN and others dropped the story except for trying to blame it on the Sequester for a day or 2.

It has NOT DONE SO IN even 1 Democrat Control Gun Banning City.
Criminals will always get their hands on a gun. eg Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC. All Gun Control does is keep guns out of Citizens hands when they are needed most.

What has been proven is increased Gun Ownerships reduces crime.
an Non-Discretionary Concealed Carry Permit states have lower Violent crime.

My wife & I had a few helping hands early in our marriage.
It was called FAMILY, a Mother, a Father, sisters and brothers.

It is really a very important thing have because unlike the government a family expects results. Not several generations of Freeloaders.

BTW:
We were raised with the principle, that if you can't afford it, save for it and you'll appreciate it more when you get it. I likely still own things I saved for that are older than many bloggers here.
My oldest saved for item is a 1903 06.

"“President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to ‘go back at it’ and pursue gun control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week put the spotlight back onto the problem of gun violence in the U.S.”"

The federal government has been saying since the Newtown Elem. School shooting that they would act to try to eliminate this in the future. NOW, the big thing is to concentrate on people with mental illness!!

"ranting about freeloaders and their “benefits” on Sept. 30: Realize that envy is one of the seven deadly sins. Perhaps those who feel these thoughts should be forced to walk in the other person’s shoes"

I have absolutely NO DOUBT that there are hundreds of thousands of people that legitimately NEED government help, BUT the BIG thing is that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are getting it and could do a lot better for themselves!!

"I think I have a new name for the King SMNCICBHO, the Hammer & Sickle man"

There is an old saying, "be carefull what you wish for because you just might get it!!" I assume ALL of you conservatives want a new president? It will be a new president, BUT it could be another Democrat!!

Obama Administration Threatens To Arrest Military Chaplains For PRAYING During Govt. Shutdown

October 7, 2013 8:43am PST

The First Amendment is very clear. Its first words state that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The Obama administration, however, seems to need a refresher course on this core freedom. It has announced that, during the shutdown, contract military chaplains are prohibited from exercising their faith by performing the mass or otherwise ministering to their military flock. This is a big deal because the military does not have enough chaplains to serve the troops’ needs, so they have to reach out to the civilian sector to hire chaplains.

John Schlageter, general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, an organization that supports Catholic chaplains in the military, wrote an op-ed explaining what’s happening:

(Read More: Obama Allies With Christian-Killing Islamic Groups.)

ith the government shutdown, many [government service] and contract priests who minister to Catholics on military bases worldwide are not permitted to work – not even to volunteer. During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so.

As an example, if a Catholic family has a Baptism scheduled this weekend at an Air Force with no active duty chaplain and that base is staffed by a GS or contract priest who is furloughed, unless they can locate a priest who is not a GS or contract priest, the Baptism is most likely cancelled. If you are a Catholic stationed in Japan or Korea and are served by a Contract or GS priest who is furloughed, unless you speak Korean or Japanese and can find a church nearby, then you have no choice but to go without Mass this weekend. Until the Federal Government resumes normal operations, or an exemption is granted to contract and GS priests, Catholic services are indefinitely suspended at many of those worldwide installations served by contract and GS priests.

Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo, a West Point graduate and Army veteran, spoke with The Daily Caller, saying that the administration’s attack on the faithful in the military “crosses a constitutional line.” As far as Pompeo is concerned, “The constitutional rights of those who put their lives on the line for this nation do not end with a government slowdown. It is completely irresponsible for the president to turn his back on every American’s First Amendment rights by furloughing military contract clergy.” He added that “This action crosses a constitutional line of obstructing every U.S. service member’s ability to practice his or her religion.”

(Read More: Pentagon Lies About Persecuting Christians.)

House members are promising to do what they can to reaffirm the troops’ right to practice their faith, but there is no word yet as to whether they’ve been successful in doing so.

I too find myself agreeing with some of what t3 is posting. I just gave him a thumbs up.
Since the soldiers are not furloughed, why don't they try to conduct the services they want themselves. It may not be exactly like the preacher or priest would do but it would be a service.

Hey, look at next spring — the Soul City Sirens are moving to Grovetown Arena!

Yes, I know the official name is The Columbia County Exhibition Center. But that's too many syllables for marketing purposes, and too many syllables for general everyday usage. You need a short name (such as the TEE Center has) for the general public to use.

Grovetown Arena sounds pretty good to me. What do some of you other commenters think the exhibition center should be called?